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WEFT Magazine is published four times a year and four times a year we send out a call for proposals along with our theme and specific articles/projects we’re looking for. If you’d like to get those four emails, please let us know here. We promise we’ll never sell, give away, or use your info for evil!
We are dedicated to producing the best magazine possible, to that end, we work quite far in advance and try to give writers and designers 6 months – 9 months to complete their articles and projects for WEFT.
We do our very best to pay our writers and designers fairly, we have long lead times (6-9 months), we only borrow the rights to your work for 12 months (after that you’re free to do whatever you like with your article/pattern/etc and we no longer have rights to it beyond the original publication).
Interested in writing or designing for WEFT?
Moodboards
Summer 2028 Moodboard: Lace
For our Summer 2028 issue, WEFT is going all in on lace! Airy, open, and full of texture, lace is one of the most magical things a weaver can create and one of the most misunderstood. Join us as we explore how to get holes in cloth, from foundational 4-shaft weaves to marvels on 8 shafts and beyond. As long as it’s cloth that lets the light through, we want to hear about it.
Let’s start with the basics. What makes a fabric lace? How do we get holes in woven cloth, and what is actually happening at the interlacement level? Which common structures are deemed lace, and how do they compare? We’d love a clear look at structures like huck, Atwater-Bronson, Swedish lace, spot Bronson, and more. What makes each one distinct? Are there uncommon lace weaves you can tell us about?
How do we design with lace? Can it be turned or substituted into profiles? What about network drafting, drawloom weaving, and doubleweave? What do we need to know about working with color? Can we experiment by creating lace effects through treadling alone, using lace treadlings on regular weaves?
Finally, how does yarn choice change lace? Compare silk, wool, bamboo, cotton, and others. How do fiber choice, sett, and finishing affect the final cloth? Can we combine thick and thin threads or different textures? And how do you finish lace so the openwork blooms and holds its shape? We’re also looking for amazing projects that show off the endless ways weavers can use lace to create one-of-a-kind textiles.
Proposals for articles and projects are due by January 1, 2027.
We’ll let you know in February 2027.
Final articles, samples, and projects are due by September 15, 2027.